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Comparison of Grace Nichols Over a period of time I have studied the similarities and differences between two poems written by Grace Nichols called, 'The Fat Black Woman Goes Shopping,' and 'Up My Spine'. After much consideration I have decided to compare the following: repetition, rhyme, missed out words, punctuation, strange spelling, race, woman's rights, economic exploitation and consumer society. 'The Fat Black Woman Goes Shopping', is about a self conscious woman who desperately wants to fit in with society, but finds it impossible because of her size and colour. 'Up My Spine', is about Grace Nichols observing a lonely old woman from a distance. Grace Nichols has used repetition in both 'Up My Spine' and 'The Fat Black Woman Goes Shopping'. In 'The Fat Black Woman Goes Shopping', the phrase 'The fat black woman is repeated, whereas, in 'Up My Spine the first stanza is repeated, for example. 'I...

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